LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Death of Kingsley Amis

Genre

Interview; Obituary

TX Date

22 Oct 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:02:01

Description

Nicola Jackson looks back on the life and work of writer Sir Kingsley Amis, author of Lucky Jim and The Old Devils, who has died at St Pancras Hospital this morning after suffering a fall and crushed vertebrae last month. Includes archive interview with Amis on his hope he makes people laugh, his enjoyment in offending them, and on finding something to say when someone has suddenly died.

Contributors

Nicola Jackson; Kingsley Amis

Keywords

Authors; Deaths; Writers; Novelists; Kingsley Amis; Lucky Jim; The Old Devils

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